Saturday, November 12, 2011

Definning Metta and Tanha; why do people suffer?; controlling one's consciousness; the teaching that all the Buddhas stated repeatedly.Listen more

ေထရဝါဒမွတ္ေက်ာက္ / Ashin Javana (Metta Shin). Yangon, [no date]

Definition of Theravada; value of time; how virtuous person makes use of time and how stupid one wastes time; difference between arahat and putujjana; worshipping without three extremes; criterion of Theravada; religious questions and answers. Listen more

Advising to do meritorious deed as much as possible, to avoid vices at all times and to keep one's mind pure. Example story_ King Maha- kappina.Listen more

ဖန္ဆင္းရွင္(၃)ဦး / Ashin Javana (Metta Shin). Yangon, [no date]

Explaining: the basic of a buddhist_ kamma and its effect; importance of Saddha, Panna and their balances; Kamma, Nana and Viriya_ the three essential energy to be success- ful; four things that should not be underestimate (fire,snake, prince, monk). Reference: Bahiya Daru- cariya Sutta and story of King Mahakappina. Listen more

မဆုံေသာလမ္း / U Sumangala (Daeou Sayadaw). Mandalay, Aug 22, 2006.

With reference to the story of Peppali lulin (Ashin Maha- kassapa to-be) and Bhadda Kapilani couple explained how living beings meeting again in Samsara is Dukkha Sacca.Listen more

Describing : The Dhamma to practise and to avoid mentioned in Dhammacakkapavuttana; the process of Khandha; Vedananu- passana practice with reference to "Pakkuna Bhikkhu" story; how the dying putujjana can become Sotapanna, Sakadagami and Ana- gami; how Anagami can attain arahantship when near to death. Listen more

Comparison of Ariya and Putujjana; manifestation of Veppallasa_ the cause of Papanca dhamma (tanha, mana and ditthi) with example story_ Patacari; importance of having excellent religious teacher to be knowledgeable and to realize the four noble truth giving Venerable Sariputta and King Ajjatasattu as examples. Listen more